Lima Central Catholic High School - Flame Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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l I Foreword Rather than produce a chronicle, We have endeavored, through essays, to create a mirror which reflects life at Central. To record im- pressions, not to catalog accomplishments, has been the goal. Let us take a moment to step back and sur- vey our school World from a different vantage pO1nt. Dedlbaflbn Wlay is a book seldom, if ever, dedicated to the individual who reads it? The reader, much more than the writer, loses when the product of the pen is petty and. gains when it is eminent. Adhering but slightly to conventionality, we hereby dedicate this Annual Mirror of 1942 to you, its reader.

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3111 fllllemnriam Time well spent and work well done will find their just rewards in eternity. Rather than mourn for one who has passed, let us exalt in one who has been found. She who has passed on could be praised by volumes-by poets or essayists. But the simpler things of life are the sweetest-the most beautiful. A dainty violet in some forest fairyland has more power to touch the heart than the heaviest cudgel ever carried. Moonbeams bouncing over the Waves bring more peace to men than all the words ever written. Our loved ones may pass from our sight, but their images will never cease to rise in our minds whenever some familiar object strikes the eye. -2-

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J. McLean Reed A. M. Gantz W, C. Derbyshire Dr. A. N. Wiseley A B M A-, Ohio N0!'th91'H, Ohio State, President of school board Clerk of school board Vice Pres. of school board Sllpermtendent of public schools Harry Mason Frank Smith T. Carl Jansen Superintendent of buildings Board member Board member STUDENTS AND FRIENDS OF CENTRAL HlGl'l SCHOOL2 lt is always a privilege and a pleasure to merit a few lines in your annual year book. As you know, our Lima six year high schools are evaluated and approved by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools, which is the highest accrediting agency in the nation. Central High School is recognized as one of the best school systems in the state and nation -an honor and privilege we enjoy because of the vision of our people who' for so many years have been willing to foster, promote and pay for an educational program which will best suit and ht the needs of our Lima boys and girls. They want you to have every opportunity and advantage for intelligent growth and development. For more than twenty years they have voted a special three-mill levy for the young people of Lima. They will renew that levy again this fall because they believe in you and your future. Investment in the younger generation is a guaranteed dividend in the next generation. We are in the midst of a war atmosphere wherein the great cultures, traditions, ideals and principles of our American democracy are challenged by the totalitarian nations in the world. We must defend, protect and preserve our American way of life if we are to continue to enjoy the privileges, opportunities and advantages of a liberty-loving people. Youth has proven to be patriotic in the crisis. There is mtich you can do in the matter of participation in useful work for the common cause. You want to be a part of the world-moving events-to share in the war effort. Seven million high school youths will be given an important part to play in Civilian Defense. Boys can act as messengers and auxiliary firemen: girls can make bandages and surgical dressings: they can get ready to take an efiicient part in the production of man power. You may need to learn how to tend lathes, to plant and harvest crops and to work in aircraft fac- tories. You will need to be more concerned with the practical arts, vocational training, and clerical and distributive occupations. More attention must be devoted to what this war means to us-the aims for which we fight, the sacrinces we make, the peace we need to insure. Units of study on our Latin-American neighbors and Far Eastern people and a greater concern of a new world geography need to be emphasized. You can assist in the building of a sound morale in this country, first, by helping people develop self-confidence and respect in the face of danger: second, by helping people to secure the facts and discourage tampering with the truth: third, by helping people laugh and relax: fourth, by building conidence of people in their leaders and those who serve the government. However, above all, you can demonstrate you can take it-what have you done-what can you do-that is the test. J. MCLEAN REED, Supt. Lima Public Schools -.-4..